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Antacid shows promise addressing COVID symptoms

-- 2022-02-17 09:31:23

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review, Re...

AstraZeneca’s short shelf life makes Covid vaccine rollout difficult to world's poorest

-- 2022-02-16 15:31:22

The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization document...

First woman 'cured of HIV' after stem cell transplant

-- 2022-02-16 13:15:03

A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that...

Pollution contributing to more deaths than Covid-19, UN report says

-- 2022-02-15 19:37:30

Pollution by governments and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban s...

Prior Covid offers less protection against omicron, mRNA booster shot efficacy declines within months

-- 2022-02-15 17:28:10

Previous Covid-19 less protective against omicron variant, reports Reuters. The immune response to Covid-19 helps protect against reinfection, but that protection is weaker against omicron than it wa...

In support of epilepsy patients

Muhammad Sayed Inam 2022-02-14 14:24:40

It's an opportunity for us to show love for epilepsy patients on a day which is being celebrated as the Valentine's Day. International Epilepsy Day is also being observed on February 14 this year...

Reheating these foods can cause serious health issues

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-13 15:55:05

The invention of the refrigerator has reduced food wastage significantly and increased the tendency to reheat cooked food stored in the refrigerator to save time. This is especially noticeable...

Pandemic’s acute phase to end this year with 70pc vaccination by July, WHO says

-- 2022-02-12 19:20:59

The head of the World Health Organization has said the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if about 70 per cent of the world gets vaccinated. “Our expectation is that the acute pha...

Omicron may leave behind high level of immunity in Bangladesh, experts say

-- 2022-02-11 16:38:07

The transmission of the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus may subside at the end of this month, experts said, hoping that it may leave behind an extremely high level of immunity. They...

‘Cancer claims 273 lives every day in Bangladesh’

-- 2022-02-10 20:48:28

At least 273 people die from cancer every day in Bangladesh, according to Health Minister Zahid Maleque. While speaking at a programme marking the World Cancer Day at Mohakhali’s National Insti...

88pc recent Covid infections are of the omicron variant

-- 2022-02-10 17:35:15

Research has found that 88 per cent of current Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh are of the omicron variant, says Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical Univer...

Global COVID response programme 'running on fumes' as budget falls short

-- 2022-02-09 11:20:26

A global initiative to get COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to poorer nations has only received 5 per cent of the donations sought to deliver on its aims this year, according to the World Healt...

Easing COVID-19 curbs may cause 2.0m deaths in a year, say Chinese researchers

-- 2022-02-07 16:57:13

Restoring normal population mobility to "COVID-zero regions" like China will cause some 2 million deaths in a year and the key to controlling the virus is developing vaccines that are better at preven...

Omicron-specific booster may not be needed, study finds

-- 2022-02-05 13:47:06

A study in monkeys pitting the current Moderna Inc COVID-19 booster against an omicron-specific booster showed no significant differences in protection, suggesting an omicron-specific booster may not...

Only 10pc Bangladeshi cancer patients covered by government facilities

SM Najmus Sakib 2022-02-05 13:14:45

Despite an apparent rise in deaths from cancer, Bangladesh has no national arrangement for securing statistics of patients of the deadly lifestyle disease, health practitioners admit. Also, the count...

Doctor Dekhao serving patients online

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-04 22:48:25

Most offices remained closed during initial period of the Covid-19 when people were worried about themselves and their loved ones. Daily wage earners were facing difficulties while many lost their job...

icddr,b opens sample collection centre in Uttara

FE REPORT 2022-02-04 12:50:22

Diagnostic Laboratories, the first ISO15189 (Quality) and ISO15190 (Safety) accredited laboratory in Bangladesh, launched its sample collection centre at Uttara in the capital on Friday. icddr,b&rsqu...

WHO says Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as 'original'

-- 2022-02-02 18:26:08

The emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant does not seem to be any more severe than the original BA.1 form, an official of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Vaccines also...

Many countries yet to see peak in Omicron wave: WHO

-- 2022-02-02 09:19:35

Many countries have not reached their peak in cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus and measures imposed to curb its spread should be eased slowly, the World Health Orga...

Massive volumes of Covid medical waste posing risk to health, environment: WHO

-- 2022-02-01 20:04:28

Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment...

Ivermectin shows ‘antiviral effect’ against Covid

-- 2022-02-01 16:47:16

Japanese trading and pharmaceuticals company Kowa Co Ltd on Monday said that anti-parasite drug ivermectin showed an "antiviral effect" against Omicron and other coronavirus variants in joint non-clin...

Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health: WHO

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-01 15:12:36

Omicron subvariant ba.2 more infectious than ‘original’

-- 2022-02-01 08:13:16

The ba.2 subvariant of the omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common ba.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, a Danish stu...

Scientists on alert over cases caused by omicron cousin ba.2

-- 2022-01-31 19:33:41

The highly transmissible omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the most common form of which is known as ba.1 - now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dramati...

Dieting won’t work if you don’t measure calories - here’s what you need to know

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2022-01-30 16:51:48

The ideal measure of a person's daily calorie intake depends on age, metabolism, daily physical activities, etc. Generally, this requirement is considered 2,500 calories for men and 2000 calories for...

Merck's Covid-19 pill effective against omicron, find lab studies

-- 2022-01-28 18:28:08

Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said on Friday six lab studies showed that their experimental oral Covid-19 drug, molnupiravir, was active against the omicron variant, reports Reuters. Th...

Boosters provide protection up to 95pc against Omicron deaths

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-28 11:35:23

COVID-19 boosters increase protection against death from the omicron variant to 95 per cent in people aged 50 or over, the UK Health Security Agency said on Thursday. The UKHSA said that around six m...

Volunteers wanted to catch Covid in the name of science

-- 2022-01-28 10:34:19

The world's first medical trial authorised to deliberately expose participants to the coronavirus is seeking more volunteers as it steps up efforts to help develop better vaccines, Reuters reports. T...

EU approves Pfizer Covid pill for high-risk patients

-- 2022-01-28 08:47:51

The European Union's drug regulator on Thursday gave the green light to Pfizer Inc's antiviral COVID-19 pill for treating adults at risk of severe illness, as the region scrambles to boost its arsenal...

Post-Covid complications may linger for a year after recovery

-- 2022-01-27 18:44:47

Covid-related complications may linger even for a year after recovering from the disease, according to an IEDCR study that focused on patients in Bangladesh. The research by the Institute of Epidemio...